One figure in this work burns a stack of hay, causing a giant oak tree to grow from the ashes, obscu
One figure in this work burns a stack of hay, causing a giant oak tree to grow from the ashes, obscuring the sun and moon. The first section of this work describes how the protagonist was birthed by a spirit of the air. (*) Aino drowns herself rather than marry the protagonist, whom she mocks after taking the form of a salmon. Objects in this work include the kantele, an instrument fashioned from the jawbone of a pike, and a magical device forged by Ilmarinen, the sampo. Characters such as Lemminkäinen and Väinämöinen appear in, for 10 points, what work compiled by Elias Lönnrot, the national epic of Finland?
One figure in this work burns a stack of hay, causing a giant oak tree to grow from the ashes, obscuring the sun and moon.
{Kalevala}